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The book 'Frost Bytes' by Pene Greet and Gina Price. Order your copy here. |
'Frost Bytes' is a modern adventure story featuring two young Australian women at opposite ends of the Earth. Pene and Gina had already blazed a trail through the male-dominated field of upper atmosphere physics. Their next challenge was to take them to vastly different worlds: Antarctic and Alaska. Their common purpose was to study the aurorae. This absorbing story of two women determined to make their mark in a male domain is documented in 'Frost Bytes', a book based on their e-mail letters over two years - with Pene Greet stationed at Mawson in Antarctica and Gina Price at Fairbanks in Alaska. |
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'This book is a treat for those interested in the human side of science, and in the possibilities for women's lives. ..an adventure book which will appeal on many levels, and a must for those who travel both physically and in spirit. A lively, well written book.' Robin
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Their friendship started six years earlier when in 1985 Gina was one of the first female scientists to winter on an Australian Antarctic base. When Pene wintered in Antarctica in 1990, e-mail was a new form of communication set up between scientists and between these now firm friends. Their correspondence formed a vital link between the two as they adapted to their new environments, comparing notes on both their work and personal relationships. |
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'Your writing connected with me as a woman, as someone who began studying science, and as a human fascinated by searches for meaning in the big pictures of the universe and the small intimate pictures of the heart.'
Catherine Ryan
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Originally intended for personal support and not for publication, the e-mail messages reveal the passion for their work, their sense of adventure, their romances and, above all, the strength of their friendship. As the only woman expeditioner among a team of 24 wintering at Mawson Base, Antarctica, Pene Greet shares her feelings of isolation, her work problems and achievements, the joys of running husky teams on expeditions, and ultimately, falling in love. Meanwhile Gina revels in the constantly changing Alaskan landscape, skiing to work, sharing her life with a new lover and living in a close knit Quaker community. She rejoices in the fact that in Alaska women race dog teams, fly planes, climb mountains, and work in trades as a matter of course. This highly personal account of two women's journeys into the unknown will appeal to would-be adventurers everywhere. |
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Frost Bytes: A story of two women at opposite ends of the earth - Order the Book 'With moonlight showing the way, the dogs content
and responsive, I was in my element and in control. The sled purred
on the new snow. I would tell Pene about it on the e-mail tomorrow...'
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